Stocking form



May 7? 1/929. F. c. scHoLLER 1,712,094

' sTocKING FORM Filed March 5, 1926 Patented May 7, 1929.

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*s srooKING FORM.

` Application filed -Mai-ch 5, 1926,. Serial No. 92,436.

My invention relates to formsforfstretch-4 ing stockings lor othergarmentsjwhile they arebeing dried. f f i The purpose of my invention Dy sirable space for air circulation in a 'form intended for domesticuse. f l.

A further purposefis to provide for' stad,- ness and strength in' a formoffering ventila` tion.

fication and in the claims. n

- I prefer to illustrate my invention by one general type only among`variousftypes in which it may appear, selectingone y which kispractical, effective and inexpensive and which at the same time wellillustratesthe principles of my invention. Y

yFigure l is a side elevation ofthe form embodying my invention applied'to astocl ingform.v "f i Figure 2 is a ysection of Figure y1 takenonline 2 2, to whichthe sections of a stocking has been added'. Figure 8is a section corresponding to the section in Figure 2y but 'omitting thestoclyingand showinga sheet metal construction.

' Fragmentary.Figures 4 and 5 show slightly different shapes in'section.,i

In the drawings similar numerals like parts.

rIhe' veryY general washing of stockings and other garments by wearersand subsequent drying them without ironing has eniphasized theinadequacy of existing forms for properly holding` the garments whilethey are drying and at the same time giving` them shape; and myinvention is intended to meet this increasing need. v

Because the invention finds its best applr cation as applied to hosieryI shall describe it in this use.

Mv form may be made of any suitable niaterial or combination ofmaterials which will not stain or tarnish in use in a manner to injurethe fabric.v Compositions. metals or alloys otherwise unsuitable may befinished with a lacquer or other protective coating for the samepurpose.

The form comprises, generally, a flanged border 5 and a stiffening andsupporting interior 6 shown in the form of a web. It is shown as ofcast, molded or pressed material in the illustration of Figures l, 2, land 5.

The border 5 presents `an edge 7 and laterally spacing flangemeinbers,8, 8, stretching the fabric 9 free from the web as seen istogive de- Further purposes will appear in the specif vindicate i inFigure 2.V

in the sectio` of the stretched stocking shown Between the edge 7 andthe spacing fianges 8, 8f, the contour is hollowed or relievedfat l0 soas to space the stocking from the form. here.v The contour at 11curvestoward the center from the flanges 8 and 8 and the webs lie wellbetween the planesdelined bythe crests of the flanges. y

. The web 6 is apertured as at l2 to allow free .o

passage` ofv air from one side toy the `other and lhence'tofpermit airto pass through the stocking without serious interference from the form.Iliave shown many small holes but the number, shape and sizeare ofcourse, not material.

The web Gis reinforced by oppositely:ex` tending longitudinalreinforcing ribs land. 14 andtransverse ribsl.

The inwardly-turned contour of the flanges 8, 8( at 1ly and the thinnessof the webprotect thesto'clring from contact with the form A between theflanges 8 and 8 on the one side and flanges 8 and 8 on the otherfacilitating the ventilation notedabove and greatly re-k ducing the timeof drying. ,q i The border 5 inaybeapertured to ventilate between theflanges and the adjacent edges or at the flanges, aslat 18." .v 1 y f l'The corrugated or ribbed structure would itself space the stocking fromthe intervening body of the form and in combination. with the aperturesrprovidingl for air passage throughV the stocking and form would givedesirable results thoughfnot as good as I secure-even without theadditional lateral spacing given by the flanges. y

What for convenienceI have called flanges is in effect a rim oi' bordergiving lateral spacing and may form the actual rim; Thus,

vwhere the creases at the front and back are not desired, what I havenamed as the edge may berounded and part of theadvaiitage .of myinventiony ymay be secured without the relief of the material at 10,particularly be cause of the benefit of capillary attraction. By thisattraction the moisture in the portion of the stocking which stillremains wet liows out into adjoining portions which havedried, resultingin a flow from the more slowly drying portions in Contact with theflanges or rim into that portion 0f the stocking which is stretchedacross from flange to` flange and spaced from the web. I relieve at 10so as to reduce the portions which will thus dry relatively slowly andreduce the distance which the moisture must travel to drier portions of'the stocking by capillary attraction. This relie-f at 10 can be usedwhere its benefit is desired and omitted, making the contour herestraight or convex as in Figures 4f and 5, where the drying isconsidered sufiiciently rapid for the purpose intended.

The illustration in Figure 3 corresponds in contour with Figure 2 but ismade of' sheet material which extends outwardly from the web to form theflanges 8, 8 and is then turned back on itself at the edges 7 to formthe other flanges 8, 8, terminating preferably at some such line as 16.lt is hollow at 17 and may be apertured as at 18 to provide aircircula-- tion across from flange to flange, correspondweb.

The spacing and stifiiening fianges near the edge, the relief fromcontact between the flanges and the et and the stifening ribs in the webalong with the apertures well carry out the intended function, givingquick drying with shaping and creasing.

In view of my invention other forms will doubtless occur to thoseskilled in the art, embodying all or a part of my invention and suitingthe whim of' the designer or merely avoiding copying mine and I,therefore, intendto include herein all such as come within thereasonable spirit and scope of my invention. Y

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is zt 1. A stocking form comprising alongitudinally corrugated web, a rim of greater thickness than thethickness given by the corrugations, extending about the web andrelatively sharp edges about the rim.

ing generally with the circulation across the` 2. A stocking formcomprising an apertured web, having longitudinal and transversereinforcing ribs, a rim about the web and edges outside the rim, thethickness of the form being greater at the rim than the thickness of thebody of the web.

3. A stocking form comprising an apertured web having longitudinal andtransverse reinforcing ribs, flanges on opposite sides of the form aboutthe web and edgesoutside the flanges, the thickness ofv the form beinggreater at the fianges than at the web and the contour being relievedbetween the flanges and the edges or' the form.

4. A stocking form having an apertured web bounded by flanges of greaterthickness than the web on both sides of the form adj acent each edge,and having an edge outside the flanges.

5. A stocking form having a web bounded by flanges of greater' thicknessthan the web on both sides of the form adjacent each edge, and having anedge outside the flanges, ,the web and the space between theflanges-andthe edges being apertured.

6. A stocking form having a thin perforated web corrugated to form ribsextending longitudinally of the form and flanges,

thicker than the thickness given by the corrugations of the web aboutthe edges of the form extending transversely in both directions from themain plane of the web.

7. A stocking form having an interior perforated web ribbedlongitudinally and transversely, a flange about each edge of the web andan edge outside of each flange, the contour between the flange and edgebeing concaved to space the stocking from it.

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